Puzzle



S. G. PENNEY.

PUZZLE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 11, 1920.

1,358,780, I Patented Nov. 16, 1920.

FIELI.

LOAD EACHSHELL WITH A SHOT UNITED STATES SAMUEL G. TEENNEY, OF PITTSBURGEI, PENNSYLVANIA.

PUZZLE.

S ecification 01' Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 16, 1920.

Application filed April 17, 1920. Serial No. 374,520.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that l, SAMUEL G. PENNEY, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State of fennsylvania, have invented a new and useful lmprovementin Puzzles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof. g

My invention relates to puzzles and it has for its object to provide a puzzle that shall be particularly adapted for use as an advertising novelty, more particularly for advertising shot-gun ammunition and the like, the puzzle being of the general type in which several compartments are provider within a flat inclosure which also contains a number of balls or pellets, one of which is intended to be rolled into each of the compartments. In my puzzle, the several compartments are formed to represent shot-gun shells, and the balls consist of shot such as is commonly used for loading such shells. A feature of special novelty in my device is that one of the compartments is provided with means for temporarily retaining one of the shot in the compartment, and this makes it possible to solve the puzzle, which could not otherwise be done. The obstruction, being located within one of the shells, is concealed from view and therefore the puzzle 1s exceedingly diiiicult or impossible of solu tion to one who does not know the location of this obstruction, but is very easy to solve after the proper method is pointed out.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l is a plan view of a puzzle constructed in accordance with my invention; and Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view taken substantially along the line 2-2, Fig. 1 and showing the interior of two oppositecompartments or shells.

As shown on the drawing, my device consists of a shallow box 2 which may be circular, square or of any other desired form and which may be made of any suitable material.

A transparent cover 3 is preferably provided. VJithin the box 2 are three compartments 1, 5 and 6. each of which is formed to represent one-half of a shotgun shell, and is glued or otherwise secured to the bottom of the box 2. It will be observed that the shells or compartments 4 and 5 open directly toward each other, and that the shell or compartment 6 is disposed at an angle to the 3 other two shells.

Disposed within the shell 4 or the shell 5 is a small obstruction 7 which may simply consist or a small bit of cardboard or the like gluedto the bottom of the box. This obstruction, however, may be otherwise formed, the only requirement being that it shall serve to retain temporarily a shot that rolls into the shell, but will permit the shot to roll out of the shell if the box is tilted to a considerable angle.

Three shot 8 roll freely within the box 2, and the object of the puzzle is to roll one of the shot into each of the three shells. This would be impossible were it not for the obstruction 7, because the shells 4 and 5 are directly opposite to each other and therefore, if one of the shot were rolled into the shell 4, for example, it would immediately roll out again on tilting the box to roll another shot into the opposite shell. The obstruction 7, however, serves to retain the shot temporarily in the shell containing the obstruction, and therefore the puzzle may be readily solved by first rolling one of the shot into the shell containing the obstruction and then tilting the box to roll the remaining shot into the other two shells, being careful not to tilt the box to such an angle that the first shot will roll out over the obstruction 7.

As indicated above, my puzzle is particularly designed for use in advertising shotgun ammunition. To this end, the three compartments or shells may be colored to represent standard brands of shells manufactured by the company making use of this device for advertising, and may be labeled with the names corresponding to their colors.

I am aware that numerous puzzles have been designed in which balls, pellets or the like are intended to be rolled into various kinds of compartments, but I believe that I am the first to provide a puzzle of this char acter which contains a means for assisting in the solution of the puzzle by'providing an obstruction within one of the compartments, and in which such means for solving the puzzle is concealed from view.

lVhat I claim is:

1. A puzzle comprising a receptacle containing a plurality of fixed compartments, a similar number of spherical objects adapted to roll freely within the re eptacle, and means disposed within one of the said compartments, and concealed from view therein for retaining one of said objects when it enters the said compartment until the said receptaole is tilted beyond a predetermined angle.

2. A puzzle comprising a receptacle, a

plurality of fixed compartments disposed therein, each of said compartments compr1s-' ing a semi-tubular member and two of the said; compartments being disposed in line with each other, a plural ty of spherical ob;

jects adapted to roll freely within the said receptacle and an obstruction disposed with-- in one of the said alined co'mpartmentsand adapted to temporarily retain one of the said objects when it enters the said compartm nt I A puzzle compri ng a shallow box,v a plurality of compartments secured to the b tom of the said box and each consisting SAMUEL G. PENNEY.

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